Term information

Term: support groups

Term details for 'support groups'

A group of people with common experience or concerns who provide each other with encouragement and advice. Often involves facilitators connected to a larger organisation or agency.

Broader terms
agents of social care, groups
Narrower terms
self-help groups
Related terms
befriending schemes, carers, friendship, morale, peer support, service users, social networks, user-led organisations

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